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238:– as those words of the Archangel Gabriel telling Mary that she was carrying God's son must have been utmost in her mind for the Magnificat, which is her response to that awesome news – the words she says when she visits her cousin Elizabeth. Piecing the two texts together, they have very close associations – it seemed a very natural thing to do. The piece is dedicated to the two commissioning choirs, Exultate Singers and 269:, Garsington Opera's Artistic Director, conducted. Inspired by the timeless themes of war and relationships affected by it, the opera draws upon Siegfried Sassoon's poems and the testimony of a British soldier, who served recently in Iraq, to illustrate the human tragedies of conflicts past and present. 106:. She has written a wide range of pieces including opera, ballet, music theatre, choral works, chamber compositions and music for film and television, which are regularly performed all over the world. 261:
this celebration of music, drama, poetry and dance brought together 180 performers on the stage and in the pit, from local schools and the community, working alongside professional soloists,
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and the Garsington Opera Orchestra. Karen Gillingham, Creative Director of Garsington Opera's Learning & Participation Programme directed and
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commissioned by the Waltham Singers for the 25th Anniversary of their conductor, Andrew Fardell
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Royal Family, "New music commissions for the coronation service at Westminster Abbey"
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Panufnik has a particular interest in world music; a recent culmination of this was
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In 2023, Panufnik was one of twelve composers asked to write a new piece for the
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on 2 March 2012, as part of BBC Radio 3's Music Nation, celebrating the
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and gave the world premiere on 28 July 2017. With a libretto by writer
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descent. She is the daughter of the Polish composer and conductor Sir
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Genesis Foundation Panufnik texts page, accessed 3 February 2010
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Guardian review (10 November 2009), accessed 3 February 2010
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Shave, Nick (October 2009). "The Shape of Sounds to Come".
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Orchestra of the Swan biography, accessed 3 February 2010
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Panufnik was the inaugural Associate Composer with the
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London
Composer
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Polish
Andrzej Panufnik
Bedales School
Royal Academy of Music
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Cardinal Hume
Polish National Opera
Vikram Seth
Patricia Rozario
City of London Sinfonia
Savannah Music Festival
Daniel Hope
Jerusalem
Valery Gergiev
European Capital of Culture 2011
Tasmin Little
London Mozart Players
BBC Radio 3
2012 Olympics
Exultate Singers
David Ogden
London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
Ave Maria
Magnificat
St Mark's Episcopal Church Choir
Philadelphia
Garsington Opera

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